The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-12-24
BTOadbrim'S New YORK Letter.
snorial to the Cannon ADVOCATE.

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IN exhibition that was revelation to the
yreat mass of our people of the wonderous
possibilities of Art; and it is the pride and
he boast of Messrs. Sutton and Kirby, the
gentlemen who conduct the Art Association
hat the greatest price ever obtained for
picture of similar size in the United States
was secured b them, for Jules Breton
Communicates at the Morgan sale. Here
too was sold the magnificent Seney collect
ion. when evil fortune overlook that enter
prising fiuancier, and later still, the Stew
art collection was passed under the ham
mer; few of its chefest treasures fortu-
nately remaining in New York. gift to
the people forevermore. The particular
obligation under which the public rests to
the American Art Association is, that it is
distinclively The patro Of American art;
and if to-day our standards of art are high-
.4r aud our announcement to artists great
er than they have ever been before, II is in
no small measure due to Messrs. Sutton &
Kirby, who conduct this admirable institu-
ton OF the present exhibition l have
nothing to say but praise, and whileiL may
not be quite so elaborate or extensive as
some which have preceded it, it has never
theless enough in it to well repay any
lover of art for visit. The central attrac-
ton at present is Hans Markart's Diana's
Hunting Party, work of surprising
grandeur. 1t almost covers the west side
of the lower room, and rivets the atten
ton at once as YOU enter the gallery. 1t
was in these mighty canyasses that the
genius of Markart revelled, and oyer the
charms of these COL en- haired, azure eyed
beauties, he dwelt with a lovers raphsody.
| v no that was privileged to see his Entry
of Charles the Fifth into Antwerp can ever
forget it; there ir the mighty throng, strew-
ing the conqueror's way with flowers are
the same yellow haired syrens, that glorify
Diana's Hunting Party, and which will
make the canvass immortal. Hans Mar
kart loved not dark haired women-a true
Saxon he; and his most gioriour types of
men and women were of the fair-haired,
blue-eyed race. 1t was these same golden
haired witches that eventually dragged him
down to death. Toward the last-when, he
realized his deadly peril, he made a desper-
ate struggle for freedom; but the meshes
were too firmly tangled about his feet, and
at last the mighty brain reeled and sank
into hopeless ruin,
Standing in the presence of this wonder
full picture, it is almost impossible to con
ceive that he who created it died madman
such too, was the fate of the Great Land
seer whose marvellous works adorn the
most magnificent art galleries of Europe
The last years of Markart's life were like al
intoxicating dream. Royalty honored hin
with a suite of rooms in the Imperial palace
hardly second in regal splendor to til,
apartments of the Emperor himself. Th,
; Iron Chancellor unbent in his presence, anC
welcomed him to his table as an equal
: When he entered the Opera, the who'll
; house rose and cheered him as if it were tn
= utterance of a king, but it was among tn,
5 common people that Hans Markart loved t.
! dwell, and by them he was almost worship
2 ped. In the bier cellars where he sat an,
] drank, and studied human nature, the mu
that he quaffed his beer from, is garlande
with ribbons, and hung up as sacred relic
no mortal lips will eyer touch it more. n
mere description can do justice to the gram
S work now on exhibition at the American
= Art Galleries, and we shall not attempt il
3 If man was created in the image of God
n and woman, the after thought, was give
: TO him as the most perfect type of divinit,
+ when God said, ''lt Is not good for man t
1 be alone," then are these wonderous form
o the most ideal perfection of the Creator
y They are not angles, such as one only see
/ in dreamland; but the most glarisus type
: of splendid earthly womanhood, looking a
S Eve might have looked in Paradise. Th
IS great charm of the picture is its perfeC
|, chastity. No lecherous satyr peers wit
Il devilish eyes through the foliage, suggestiy
h of evil thoughts. Warm with life and sol
}, it is pure as the snow upon tho mountai
II top.
y But there are other works of great exec
ence, which deserve especial attention, ,an
which at any other time would be grei
centers of attraction. A French revolution
y AIRY piece by Julian Story, depicting Il
, capture of Monsieur de Sombreal, who's
- DEVOTED daughter saved his life by drinkir
) the blood of royalst, covers the wall o.
l. posite Hans Markhart's Diana, and is q
II admirable piece of work, The upper ga
t. Ieries are rich in good things, and if it we
not for want of space, should be please
-e to notice them in detail. A collection
VI such general excellence should not be misst
- by lovers of art.
"Hhat fools these mortals bel" "
scarcely get one swindler Gagged when a
:, other steps into her shoes, ahd practic
"a the same old game.
= The press aboIs week after week to Ii
these matters bare before the public;
whole army of reporters, sharp as lighte
ing, are after them every day, but it de
e. little or no good fresh crop of fools tur
TO up every twenty-four hours, and they see
n like the eels to get used to skinning, al
ty like it. This week it is Madam La Touc
lg nav 10 hoI SAaSNiJ INC hahlc bhd1 - ioui
en- on the books of the State Prison and a h'
ee dozen penitentiaries but it will do. Ju
D. think of it ladies? Hundreds of foolish W
en- men running after convict and beggi
he her to take their money, which they we
Is unable to care for themselves, because S
ge offered them thirty per cent, mont
20: Had they neither eyes nor sense nor reaso
se Here are Government 1-2 per cent. bon
,te selling at Sl25, and yet these foolish "
,st men believed this swindler and thief VIII
for she told them that she could pay the
is thirty per cent a month. So they crowd
mr. her Office and poured their money in |
ed lap. With the stolen money she fitted
elegant Offices and bought magnitce
dresses and diamonds, and lived on the